Tag Archives: medicine and health

Monitoring Elderly Parents

New technologies can help adult children keep track of their aging parents.
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Four Recommended Apps for Losing Weight

Some weight-loss programs to consider.
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Patient Money: Losing Weight the Smartphone Way, With a Nutritionist in Your Pocket

Many experts and consumers are excited about the new weight-loss apps available for iPhone, BlackBerry and other smartphones.
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French Company Promotes Its Artificial Heart Technology

Carmat said it was testing what is known as a total artificial heart, an electronic device with synthetic and human tissue to replace a patient’s heart.
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Digital Domain: A Path to Instant Processing of Medical Insurance Claims

Instant electronic processing of medical insurance claims has long been discussed, but its adoption has been slow.
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Smarter Than You Think: Computers Make Strides in Recognizing Speech

Artificial intelligence technology, especially computer recognition of speech, is moving into the mainstream.
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Doctors and Hospitals Say E-Record Goals Are Unrealistic

Critics say the Obama administration’s criteria for computerizing medical records are too strict and ambitious.
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Healing by 2-Way Video: The Rise of Telemedicine

Advances in video technology and a need to reduce medical costs have made interactive telemedicine a growing business.
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Slipstream: When Patients Meet Online, Are There Side Effects?

Some Web sites offer online communities for patients and collect health data for research, but critics wonder if there is a risk that consumers can be exploited.
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Unboxed: High-Tech Solutions to High-Cost Medical Care

Innovations in technology are helping to shift the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of diseases from expensive clinics to doctors and patients themselves.
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